I was browsing Site Stats Database for sites started less than a year ago that are getting lots of traffic, and stumbled on this gem:

13.2 million monthly visitors in November. 9.7 million in December (according to SimilarWeb, which is usually the most accurate traffic estimation tool in my experience).

But the real crazy thing is that this site is currently about 9 months old. The domain was registered on April 3rd, 2024.

And one more crazy fact. Perhaps the craziest of all…

This is a content site getting traffic primarily from Google organic search!

So what’s the site?

Drumroll please…

pokemon-zone .com

It ranks first on Google for lots of Pokemon deck-related keywords, which is how it gets so much traffic.

And this is not the only new site getting tons of traffic.

Here’s another:

This is a pure content site, monetized with ads and affiliate links. And it’s even younger.

The domain was registered October 3rd, 2024.

That makes it just over 3 months old.

Here’s yet another:

Once again, a pure content site. And the content appears to be 100% AI-generated. So…yes, even pure AI content sites can still do well.

If you want to see the two sites I shared above (and hundreds more new sites with high traffic), go grab a Site Stats Database account.

I just updated Site Stats Database to include monthly traffic data from September 2023 to January 2025 for every single site.

I also added over 49,000 more sites to the database, including ALL sites currently monetized with Mediavine Journey ads!

There’s soooooo much more you can do with Site Stats Database besides finding high traffic new sites.

Here’s a list:

Find sites with high traffic and low DA

Filter by traffic and domain authority to uncover sites doing disproportionately well.

Find HCU recoveries (yes, really)

Set minimum and maximum traffic or % change filters on any month to reveal sites that recovered from Google algorithm updates.

Find link-building opportunities

Filter by niche, traffic, and Domain Authority to find perfect targets for a link-building outreach campaign.

Find the fastest-growing sites

Sort the database by highest percentage traffic change in the last month to uncover the sites Google loves the most right now.

(Or sort by greatest traffic loss to see the fastest-shrinking sites).

Find weird niche ideas

Lots of fun and generally overlooked by your fellow marketers/SEOs.

Some interesting examples from the database…

fivegallonideas .com

sunrisesunset .com

power-plug-sockets .com

Find brand-new sites getting traffic (like I shared earlier)

Filter by traffic and domain age to discover sites with traffic that were started just recently.

Sort by paid traffic volume

This is a new feature. You can now see how much paid traffic every site in the database gets. Good for competitive analysis in the ecommerce space.

Filter by niche

Perfect for competitive analysis and niche research!

Filter by monetization method

Drill down to a specific ad network or monetization method. All options are shown below:

Filter by language

Explore sites in 147 different languages.

Over 100,000 sites in the database are non-English.

Export results to an Excel or CSV file

Useful if you want to save results or perform further analysis in Excel. You can export up to 1,000 rows at a time.

As you can see, Site Stats Database is one of the most powerful tools on the planet for competitive analysis, Google update analysis, and niche research.

It only costs $39/mo.

Or, you can get the lifetime plan for $399 (limited time only).

Get it here: sitestatsdb.com

Hope this email was inspiring. Content sites aren’t dead, and Site Stats Database will help you find the angles and niches that currently work best.

Thanks for reading,

Ian